MERGER UPDATE

3 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

MERGER UPDATE

MERGER UPDATE

NOTE 12—MERGER UPDATE

On May 29, 2012, the Company, Auto Acquisition Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Auto Mergersub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and The Gores Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Gores”), entered into a Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) relating to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 29, 2012, by and among the Company, Parent and Merger Sub (the “Merger Agreement”).  The Settlement Agreement provides for, among other things: (i) the termination of the Merger Agreement and the related financing commitments from Gores Capital Partners II, L.P. and Gores Capital Partners III, L.P.; (ii) Parent’s agreement to pay a $50.0 million fee to the Company and reimburse the Company for certain of its merger related expenses; and (iii) mutual releases of the parties. Each of Gores Capital Partners II, L.P. and Gores Capital Partners III, L.P. , investment funds affiliated with Gores, have entered into guarantee agreements in favor of the Company pursuant to which each fund has agreed to guarantee its pro rata portion of amounts payable by Parent under the Settlement Agreement.